“For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.”
As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy — the leaping for joy (en agalliasi, in exultation) is the Magnificat's joy theme embodied in the unborn John. The sound of your greeting (phōnē tou aspasmou sou, the voice of your greeting) as the trigger communicates that the word announcing the Lord produces the Spirit's response even before the Lord arrives. Joy at the sound of the word is the eschatological response — the first movement of the restoration.
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